Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-02
A MORMON WIFE.
Miss Ann Eliza Young Now 81 Honored
55....s<Wffe-IIer Long and Painful
IlIneSs-A Diet
OF Yat,rm eIon and NIuskmsIon-rrying to
@in Her over TO Woman Sufrage-Her
BIautifut Home.

CHICAGO, Ill, Aug. - 4 speciaI 20
tae Herald from Msnistee, Mich, says;
Mrs. Ann Eliza Young, known in America
SIS Brigham Young's ninteenth wife, whose
popular lectures did so much toward
creating sentiment agsinst the foul bio
CT Mormonisn, Is al present an honored
wife in Manistee, Met. In lSS2 sla
married NJ. r Denning Of this city, s
man of sterling qualities, well known
throughout the county IS 2 successful
iamheTman and stakeholder il the
Manistee National Bank. Rer husband,
who is fifteen years her senior, Is proud
Of his talented wife. and their married
life has been happy one.
Durlcg par Cf her public life and
since her retirement she has had care Of
her invalid mother, who received eli the
tender attention which en- afecsiOuate
daughter could bes.Ow Until in $50 she
laid her TO rest IN OAK Grove Cemetery.
While It IS well known inst AuG EliZa re
ceiYed the praise and admiration Of emil
nent people during Ger public career, i5
may be news 20 readers OF the Herald 10
Know thai aGulaIUl has not disqualified
her for domestic lie, which see now
truly 2dCrls. The respect shown IN the
home by the husband TO the wife seems
to be constant reyeiali9D 10 her Her
own words IN regard ID this subject are
given in the following words: s'NIy past
life appears TO me now as a painfully
dark page IN my memory, whiie l seem
10 be entering & new world with new
hopes, new aspirations and new hanpil
ness"
Her taste for the beautiful and artistic
is displayed in the handsome grounds
surrounding her home. The pi3In1 lawn
has disappeared, while beautiful lowers
and shrubOery greet the eye, telling Of 'GFe
culture and refinement found in the
pfeassnt but unpretending house which is
now her home. Her distaste for public
life and the frauds oi which SIZE has
many times beea a helpless victim have
developed dislike for what the world
terms fashionable society, but tie true
and tried friends of former years, IS well
as the more recent, meet with o cordial
greetiGg and 6 hearty welcome. OCca-
siOnally, through the strategem and tact
OF some friend, she is led to speak OF her
past lie, which is so full Of interest to all
who know her, but evident distaste for
the subject prevents further questioning.
Even the irrepTeSsible newspaper cores
pendent would hGd some difficulty in
evolving material enough e. one inter
view 10 satisfy the demands Of curiosity.
The complete change from active public
work to private lie does not detract
from the interest which she still feels in
aM the leading questions Of the Gay, anu
the fact that Ter husband belongs to the
party nov in power does not make her
one whit less . Republican, Delegates
from the Woman's Suffrage party do not
understand why ever thoughtful woman
cannot indorse their plstiorm, and with
| the persistenCy characteristic Of their sex
! have labOred with Mrs. Denning, aud
have wasted mlCa valuable time and
energy in trying to convince her lsdyshin
OF the error CT her political WAYS.
Some time since that champion Of
womau's rights, Mrs. Cougar, entered
the home Of this quiet woman and pro
ceeded TO argue the suffrage question in
the most approved style, ending heI
| plea by saying: "Mrs. Denning, you GRE
/ far too sensible q woman TO see this
question il any other lig t." The reply
came promptly: "MTs. Cougar, l have
tried to believe in suffrage for woman
but after 4 most thorough investigation
| and some experience, I cannot indorst
your views"
Ii is known that during the latter part
of her public life she suffered greatly
from nervous dyspepsia, brought upon he
| by the severe mental and physical lab0,
which came to her ip the lire OF duty
/ Physicians tried in vain to cure th'
terrible disease, During the past eigh
years sill solid or fluid noucishmen
proved SC distressing that an amount @
Depain equal 70 the food was taken s.
each meal, thus relieving the stomach 0
It's natural fuICti0Is, and in some degree
avoiding the painful discOmfOrts attend
ing this disease. Discouraged and well
nigh hop less, she determined to try tn
burger CUre. Or July ~ Mrs. DENIM!
| began her fast, taking nothing but The
single liquid nutrient prescribed by tai
physician and drinking beautifully o
warm water. Her weight at this tim
was 100 pounds. During the first fv
days she suffered greatly from nausea
but felt no particular desire for food
After the first five days hsd passed sh
rode out in he1 carriage every day, sc
CCrding TO the instruction Of her ply.
stefan. She became very weak and o.
the morning Of the sixteenth day of fast
ing she broke her fast by eating SINAI
piece of melon. Her weight ct this tim
was 100 pounds. Since breaking her fas
she has eaten nothing up to date Blu
watermelon and muskmelon, feeling n
discomfort whatever, and increasing Gigh
pounds in weight. She assures he
friends tnst her health is much bette
now than for many years past. Althoug
she is not entirely cured, she feels cont
dent that she is on the road to health.